Welsh Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Welsh Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 14th (Service) Battalion Welsh Regiment (Swansea)

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1915
1	9th September	COLQUHOUN	Ivor Kenneth	2Lt	-	22	DOI	UK	Uplands, Swansea	Sketty (Bethel) Welsh Congregational Churchyard	(1)
Died in 1916
2	17th January	DEVENISH	Donald Henry	Lt	-	33	A	France	Riez du Vinage, east of Locon	Bethune Town Cemetery (II.M.5)	2/p13 (2)
3	2nd May	HOWELLS	Graham	Capt	-	21	DOW	France	CCS at Merville	Merville Communal Cemetery (VII.A.15)	(3)
4	4th June	CORKER	Francis Llewellyn	Lt	-	20	KIA	France	East of Laventie	Loos Memorial (Panel 77/78)	2/p54
5	10th July	ROSSER	Arthur	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 7A/10A)	2/p116
Died in1917
6	19th February	NICHOLAS	Thomas Glyn	2Lt	MiD	20	KIA	Belgium	Northeast of Ypres	Bard Cottage Cemetery (II.B.21)	-
7	9th March	KELK	Arthur Frederick Hastings	2Lt	MC	25	KIA	Belgium	"Lancashire Farm", north of Ypres	Bard Cottage Cemetery (II.A.4)	2/p220
8	18th March	VAUGHAN	John David	2Lt	MC	30	DOW	Belgium	130th Field Ambulance, north west of Ypres	Ferme-Olivier Cemetery (III.B.11)	2/p221 (4)
9	11th April	EVANS	Robert Pritchard	2Lt	-	32	DOW	Belgium	CCS at Proven, north west of Poperinghe	Mendinghem Military Cemetery (II.B.19)	(5)
10	7th June	WILLIAMS	William Morley	2Lt	-	21	KIA	Belgium	Canal Bank, north of Ypres	Bard Cottage Cemetery (II.F.9)	-
11	31st July	ENGLAND	John Humphrey	2Lt	MiD	20	KIA	Belgium	Pilckem Ridge, north of Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 37)	3/p15
12	31st July	FOX	Francis Nevil Wilson	2Lt	-	23	KIA	Belgium	Pilckem Ridge, north of Ypres	New Irish Farm Cemetery (XV.F.11)	(6)
13	31st July	RODERICK	Francis	2Lt	-	22	KIA	Belgium	Pilckem Ridge, north of Ypres	Bard Cottage Cemetery (I.M.6)	-
14	31st July	SANDBROOK	David Aubrey	Capt	MiD	34	KIA	Belgium	Pilckem Ridge, north of Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 37)	(7)
15	23rd August	GODFREY	Leonard Powell	Capt	-	27	KIA	Belgium	CCS at Proven, near Poperinghe	Mendinghem Military Cemetery (V.B.12)	(8)
Died in1918
16	22nd April	SHEPPARD	Richard Bellamy	Capt	MC	32	KIA	France	Near Henencourt, west of Albert	Contay British Cemetery (VIII.A.17)	-
17	25th August	OSMOND	Cyril Thomas	Lt	-	21	DOW	France	CCS at Bagneux, near Gezaincourt	Bagneux British Cemetery (IV.G.24)	3/p180 (9)
18	27th August	HAZARD	William Noel	2Lt	-	25	KIA	France	Delville Wood, Somme	Delville Wood British Cemetery (XII.G.3)	3/p182 (10)
19	30th August	BALSOM	Ernest Henry	Lt	-	26	KIA	France	Northwest of Morval, Somme	Morval British Cemetery (B.25)	3/p183
20	30th August	BERRY	Tom Cecil Haydn	Capt	-	26	KIA	France	Northwest of Morval, Somme	Morval British Cemetery (B.26)	3/p182
21	30th August	GRAHAM	John Stanley	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Northwest of Morval, Somme	Morval British Cemetery (B.24)	3/p183
22	30th August	HUGHES	Charles Henry	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Northwest of Morval, Somme	Morval British Cemetery (A.1)	3/p183
23	30th August	JONES	John Ynys Palfrey	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Northwest of Morval, Somme	Morval British Cemetery (B.23)	3/p183
24	18th September	JONES	Trevor Benjamin	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	"Heather Trench", near Gouzeaucourt	Vis-en-Artois Memorial (Panel 7)	3/p202
25	8th October	FOSTER	Ethelbert Harold	Lt	-	36	KIA	France	Near Mortho Wood, Villers Outreaux	Bois des Angles British Cemetery (II.B.20)	3/p231 (11)
26	8th October	WILSON	Edward Henry	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Near Mortho Wood, Villers Outreaux	Bois des Angles British Cemetery (II.B.35)	3/p231
27	20th October	WILLIAMS	George Stanley	Lt	-	28	KIA	France	North of "Feuillie Farm", Montay	Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery (III.A.20)	3/p241 (12)
28	20th October	WILLIAMS	William Bernard	Lt	-	29	KIA	France	North of "Feuillie Farm", Montay	Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery (III.A.19)	3/p241 (13)
29	21st October	HOBBY	Grenville Howard	2Lt	MM	26	KIA	France	River Selle, north of Montay	Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery (III.A.21)	3/p241 (14)
Notes: (The numbers marked with a "p" in the Notes column refers to the page within the trio of Books "The Welsh At War" - (Book 1) - From Mons to Loos and the Gallipoli Tragedy, (Book 2) - The Grinding War :The Somme and Arras and (Book 3) - Through Mud to Victory: Third Ypres and the 1918 Offensives, by Steven John, where the death of the officer is mentioned or indicated). 1. COLQUHOUN died of tonsillitis and endocarditis. 2. DEVENISH was killed in a grenade training accident whilst the Battalion was billeted at Riez du Vinage. 3. HOWELLS was wounded at "Winchester Street", southeast of Laventie on 1st May 1916. 4. VAUGHAN was wounded near "Lancashire Farm", north of Ypres on 18th March 1917. 5. EVANS was wounded on 10th April 1917 at "D Camp", near Brandhoek, due to premature explosion of a grenade during training. 6. FOX was originally buried in a battlefield grave near "Caesar's Nose", south of Pilckem, and was reburied at New Irish Farm Cemetery in March 1920. 7. SANDBROOK may well have been buried to the east of St Julien but when his grave marker was investigated no remains were found. 8. GODFREY was wounded east of Langemarck on 22nd August 1917. 9. OSMOND was wounded near Mametz Wood on 25th August 1918. 10. HAZARD was originally buried in a battlefield grave near the western boundary of Delville Wood and was reburied in Delville Wood British Cemetery in January 1920. 11. FOSTER was originally buried to the southeast of Mortho Wood and reburied at Bois des Angles British Cemetery in May 1920. 12. WILLIAMS, George Stanley, was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the west of "Feuillie Farm", Montay and reburied at Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery in March 1920. 13. WILLIAMS, William Bernard, was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the west of "Feuillie Farm", Montay and reburied at Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery in March 1920. 14. HOBBY was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the east of the River Selle, north of Montay, and reburied at Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery in March 1920.

Those Officers of Other Regiments Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With

14th (Service) Battalion The Welsh Regiment (Swansea)

Ref

Date Died

Surname

Forenames

Rank

Decs

Age

Cause

Country

Location/Sector

Cemetery/Memorial

Notes

14th May 1917

CHAMBERLAIN

John

Capt

KIA

Belgium

Near Boesinghe

Ferme-Olivier Cemetery, Elverdinghe (II.B.2)

Notes:

1. CHAMBERLAIN was detached from the South Wales Borderers. According to the Battalion War Diary, he was killed on 13th May 1917.

Battalion History

The 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea) was formed at Swansea in October 1914, by the Mayor and Corporation and the Swansea Football and Cricket Club. The Battalion assembled at Rhyl and was paced under command of 129th Brigade, 43rd Division. On 28th April 1915 this formation became 114th Brigade, 38th (Welsh) Division and moved to Winchester in August 1915 for intensive individual, collective and unit training. Lt Col L R King assumed command on 30th November 1915. The Battalion departed Southampton for Le Havre on 2nd December 1915 landing the same day and first saw action at Richebourg St Vaast on 25th December 1915, losing one man. The Battalion fought with 114th Brigade, 38th (Welsh) Division in France and Flanders throughout the war. On 27th February 1919, 2 officers and 100 men were transferred to 2nd Battalion Welsh Regiment and on 28th March 1919 the unit became a cadre unit as many men were demobilised over the coming weeks. On 23rd May the cadre departed Le Havre for Southampton and then moved to Newmarket. The cadre was finally disbanded on 31st May 1919.

Regimental History

The Welsh Regiment was formed on 1 July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms which saw an amalgamation of the 41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot and the 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot. These two units became the Regular 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Regiment, with the Regimental Depot based at Maindy Barracks, Cardiff. The 1881 reforms also redesignated the Militia and Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVC) units within the Regimental District of Carmarthenshire, Glamorgan and Pembrokeshire as Battalions of the Welsh Regiment (1st Pembrokeshire RVC, 1st Glamorganshire RVC, 2nd Glamorganshire RVC and the 3rd Glamorganshire RVC). The Militia unit of the Regiment was the Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia. In 1908, as part of the Haldane Reforms, the Militia Battalion was reorganised and restructured forming the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion and the four RVC Battalions formed the 4th Battalion, 5th Battalion, 6th Battalion and 7th (Cyclist) Battalion of the Regimental Territorial Force. After the Declaration of War on 4th August 1914 and up to 1st June 1918, the Welsh Regiment had formed 17 Service/Reserve Battalions, a further 9 Territorial Force Battalions and 3 Graduated/Young Soldier Battalions.

Analysis of 14th Battalion Officer Casualties

Year	BE	FR	UK	TOTAL
1915			1	1
1916		4		4
1917	10			10
1918		14		14
TOTALS	10	18	1	29

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